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A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, May 19 (game #807).
Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #808) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… No rush
NYT Strands today (game #808) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MEAL
- KEYS
- SLICE
- GATE
- RULE
- PLACES
NYT Strands today (game #808) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #808) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #808) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #808, are…
- RELAXED
- SLOW
- LEISURELY
- PLACID
- CALM
- GENTLE
- SPANGRAM: TAKEYOURTIME
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
One of the many downsides of aging is that you get slower, while the world around you speeds up. I feel this doubly so as a knee injury means that I can currently only perambulate the world at snail’s pace.
Regardless, I still feel that people are in too much of a hurry to get to places they don’t need to rush to and I am fully on board with the promotion of today’s words into the consciousness of a chaotic planet.
Ironically I didn’t really employ the mantra TAKEYOURTIME as I zoomed through the search beginning with the letter X, which pointed me towards RELAXED.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, May 19, game #807)
- MOUND
- HILL
- KNOLL
- SLOPE
- RIDGE
- BUTTE
- HUMMOCK
- SPANGRAM: HIGHERGROUND
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.